Posts Tagged ‘Soy sauce’

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I have been so excited by experimenting with Asian cooking lately. It is quite fun! There is so much variety. Tonight, I cooked some Chinese Long Beans and made a Banana Flower Salad. The dumplings were pre-made and steamed by me.

I cooked some Chinese Broccoli last week with a sauce blend of oyster, hoisin, and soy sauce. This worked so well, that I decided to use it for the Chinese Long Beans.

For the Banana Flower Salad, I used the following recipe minus the chicken.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/inside-dish/banana-blossom-salad-recipe/index.html

A Banana Flower is the flower from the banana tree. I was amazed at how many baby bananas are inside a flower. There must have been 80 to 100 of them. I tried the banana flower raw before preparation, and my tongue and mouthed sucked tight like a deflated balloon. The banana flower must have the vinaigrette!!! The vinegar and sugar work magic.

Bon Appetite!

 

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Tonight, I went back to my new cookbook by Wendy Sweetser called Asian Flavors to cook up this beautiful dish, Fragrant Ginger Chicken with Noodles. It made my insides dance with happiness and delight. It could easily be named YUM!

 

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Today I dabbled with some Vietnamese cuisine. I love it for its simplicity, color, and flavors. Here is where I found the basic recipe.  http://allrecipes.com/recipe/vermicelli-noodle-bowl/

However, I decided to opt out on the shrimp and cook gingered pork instead. You can pretty much add any meat or tofu you like for this dish.

To ginger your pork add about a teaspoon of chopped fresh ginger, two cloves of fresh garlic, one bunch of chopped green onions, and about 4 tablespoons olive oil to a skillet for about two minutes to saute. Add about one pound chopped pork loin, 4 tablespoons of soy sauce, stir around periodically until cooked.

Give it a spin in the kitchen. You will not regret it.

To start, gather your ingredients. Which are 2 lbs chicken breast, one onion, one jalapeno, four zucchini or calabacita, a bag of carrots, 15 cloves of garlic crushed, soy sauce, oyster sauce (Lee Kum Kee preferred to avoid MSG), and black pepper. This meal will feed eight people easily(I like leftovers), and takes about 40 minutes to prepare. For the Vegetarians and Vegans, add some soy based meat product or stick with veggies and rice.

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Chop zucchini, onion, and chicken breast. Slice jalapeno and carrots with a mandolin or food processor. I prefer a mandolin. It’s great hand exercise. Watch your fingers!

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Stir fry meat first with half the crushed garlic and about one tablespoon canola oil, because you will not have room for 2 lbs of chicken, and all the vegetables in a wok. Add about a tablespoon of soy sauce and two tablespoons of oyster sauce to meat. Also, season liberally with black pepper. Cook, drain, and add to large bowl. Then stir fry vegetables separately with other half crushed garlic, one tablespoon canola oil, and two tablespoons of soy sauce, and liberally add crushed black pepper. Cook the vegetables long enough to be warm and crunchy. Mix chicken and vegetables together. Cook two cups of white rice following package instructions.  Serve up and enjoy!

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Chicken Vegetable Stir Fry with Oyster Sauce

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